Ducks @ Oregon - University of Oregon

Computer Screen, Oh, Computer Screen

Korrin B.

January 25, 2010 - 1:23 AM

I think that Microsoft Word has officially, permanently burned itself into my retina forever. I close my eyes and it is what I see. I look out to a distant landscape and it is surrounded by one-inch margins. I can only assume that when I finally get to bed tonight, Microsoft Word will be what I dream.

With a combination of scholarships, internships, schoolwork, and my blog job, I don't think I've ever written so much in a three-week period in my entire life. Practically all of today has been spent typing away about varying topics. I must say, practice does indeed make perfect because I happen to think I'm getting pretty good at this whole writing thing. Although, unfortunately, this blog had to come last on my priority list this evening, so I apologize if it becomes rambled and incoherent. I've been on Microsoft Word for a long time now.

Today, I started by rewriting my main essay for the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellows Program that I am applying for. Word limits are hard. After hours of editing, I am still 59 words over the limit. However, the essay is not bad! It is on the significance of the homelessness issue, the problems with the current policies surrounding it, and my policy approach to dealing with it.

Next, I moved on to work on my application for a position with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. For this one, there are five questions that have to be answered in the form of a KSA, or Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. I had to read up on the best way to structure my responses for these questions, as it is a little different for government positions than it is for a scholarship application or other organization. I was able to get one out of the five done. It was on explaining if I had ever written a term paper in school. I managed to write 462 words about how I wrote a research paper.

My third Sunday task was to write a paper for my art history class that analyzed a piece of art from the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art  on campus. I chose to write about Mark Rothko's Landscape (View of Portland). It is a very nice piece and I highly recommend going into the museum to check it out, along with the many other fabulous things in that museum. I love that we have that museum on campus. I go in there sometimes when I just need to escape and relax for a while. Looking at the art puts my mind at peace. Anyway, this paper was a little harder to write than I expected it to be. I realized that I don't have a lot of experience in this type of analytical writing. I'm interested to find out how well I did on it. I like that I'm learning this skill though. I've been doing so much coursework on policy that it's nice to have these art classes for my minor where I get to use a different part of my brain.

Anyway, that brings us up to date, my blog, which I'm writing about writing in. But you already know that because you read it. Goodnight, Microsoft Word, we are done here.